Re: [Debian-NYC] [Fwd: DebConf10 pre-proposal: New York City]
On Aug 11, 2008, at 7:01 PM, Micah Anderson wrote:
> * Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@eds.org> [2008-08-11 15:31-0400]:
>
>> The last Podcamp NYC was at Poly, about 250 signed up, with a peak of
>> 160ish at once. The total Podcamp paid Poly was about $3k. Compare
>> that to the previous year in a big hotel's conference center: $30k.
>> Barcamp NYC was just there, it had 24/7 access to one 10m x 20m room
>> with 9 projectors, and 9am-11pm access to the rest of the spaces. I
>> think the budget for Poly was $2k. Poly just merged with NYU, and
>> NYU is a money-making machine, so that might change. Hopefully not.
> Can you give an idea of how long these events lasted for? Debconf is
> typically just shy of 2 weeks, with a smaller debcamp before-hand,
> and a
> larger 1 week event as the main attraction.
The camps are 1-3 days, so short. The Poly campus is pretty dead in
summer, so two weeks should be possible. But it would also be good to
mix it up a bit, NYC is a big place. So perhaps the camp could be at
one location, and the conf at another.
Also, there is a hacklab 5 minutes away from Poly:
http://www.nycresistor.com/
.hc
>> How many people come to DebConf normally? I think we should try to
>> organize local people to host guests so that people can come on the
>> cheap. I could host two people/couples, for example.
>
> The easier to get to, the more that want to go. Scotland had I believe
> 400 people, this year there are less (no idea on numbers, but Mar Del
> Plata is much harder to get to for people).
>
> Micah
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